Ismail Bashey
Known for: Acting
Ismail originally hails from Bombay, India where he began his acting career at a fairly young age, taking an active part in every school production from Shakespeare to Moliere. He began performing on stage professionally in Musical Theatre in productions such as Grease; They Are Playing our Song and Best of Broadway. He has trained extensively in jazz ballet under the guidance of Karla Singh and Shiamak Davar. He then moved to New York and began his acting career in the Big Apple. He trained at the Lee Strasberg theater Institute in New York for 3 years. During that time he was working on the local south Asian cable channels such as ITV and ATN as a TV host introducing Music videos and Bollywood tidbits. He then began the auditioning circuit around that time and landed some guest roles in independent features such as the Tic Code (starring Gregory Hines). He also began acting on the popular Zee TV drama Mausam that was filmed in New York and Bombay. He was recently seen in the independent feature film Wings of Hope for which he won Best Actor at the Cinevue International film festival.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Dhar
1999
Series
Law & Order
Harish Singh
1990
Series
NCIS
Nabi
2003
Series
Sesame Street
Orderly
1969
Series
CSI: Miami
Restaurant Manager
2002
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Yossi Almaliakh
2001
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Patel
2001
Series
The Sopranos
Dr. Mehta
1999
Series
Homeland
Major Zulfikar
2011
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Additional Voices (voice)
2023
Series
Elementary
Quadir Durrani
2012
Series
Scandal
President Razani
2012
Series
SEAL Team
Salim Hakan
2017
Series
Boston Legal
Dr. Martin Lee
2004
Series
Third Watch
Taxi Driver
1999
Series
Unforgettable
Aziz Malik (uncredited)
2011
Series
Ms. Marvel
Flight Passenger (voice)
2022
Series
Rosewood
Rishi Singh
2015
Series
In Plain Sight
Indian Man
2008
Series
Close to Home
Bashar Alavi
2005
Series
24: Legacy
Saeed Hammad
2017
Series
Alias
Mr. Halbe
2001
Series
Sleeper Cell
Suheil
2005
Series
The Village
Abbas Azmoun
2019
Series
Growing Up Fisher
Olivier
2014
Film
Million Dollar Arm
Emcee (uncredited)
2014
Film
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Pak-Punjab Deli Customer
2013
Film
Rollerball
Indian Sports Announcer
2002
Film
The Guru
Various Characters (voice, uncredited)
2002
Series
Ishq Junoon Deewangi
Behram Omar
2009
Series
Aks
2011
Film
Street
Store Clerk
2015
Film
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Various (voice)
2006
Film
Zafar
Zafar
2022
Film
The Warrior
The Warrior (voice)
2001
Desperate Endeavors
Ram
2012
Film
Ball and Chain
Ashol
2004
Film
American Eid
Altaf
2021
Film
The Virgin of Highland Park
Dr. Davis
2022
Film
Mambo Café
Cabbie #2
2000
Film
Twisted
Extra
1996
Film
The Tic Code
Indian Man
1998
Film
Messengers
Arjen Bhasen
2004
Film
ABCD
News Vendor
1999
Film
The Illegal
Mamujaan
2021
Film
Little Senegal
Foreman
2001